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bafflement ‎(countable and uncountable, plural bafflements)

1. (uncountable) The state or result of being baffled, puzzled, or confused.
   • 1920, Mary Roberts Rinehart, The Bat, ch. 12:

     "Have you any theory about this occurrence to-night?" She watched him eagerly as she asked the question.

     He made a gesture of bafflement.

     "None whatever—it's beyond me," he confessed.

2. (countable) Something that causes a state of confusion or puzzlement.
   • 2005 Dec. 16, Josh Tyrangiel, "Best of 2005: Music," Time:

     The cartoon characters on the front cover, the irritatingly meaningless track names . . . make it seem like a concept album about global warming for kids. Since the lyrics remain a bafflement, it might well be.

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